25 Jun The Learning Hub: Issue 15
Please note: Due to the holiday this week, we will not be releasing an issue the week of July 6th. We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming July 13th. Happy Canada Day!
In this week’s issue…
Pandemic-driven teaching pivot drives a surge in sharing among the faculty
From INSIDE HIGHER ED | insidehighered.com
Most instructors were novices in a new environment last spring, and many sought help. In preparation for fall, colleges and others share their expertise freely. Here are some new initiatives. Read More
COVID-19: Trades schools are thriving in the new normal
Image credit: Ha’edlakw (Sean) Whonnock, Kwakwaka’wakw Artist JIBC
From Vancouver Sun | vancouversun.com
Teaching the trades has always been about learning by doing. Whether it’s welding, mechanics, electrical, carpentry or even hair cutting, much of the instruction is hands-on and this makes COVID-19 a unique challenge for educators in the trades. Read More
Survey – Faculty Pivot to Teaching Online
From BCcampus | bccampus.ca
This survey seeks to get a snapshot at this moment (June 2020) of how BC post-secondary educators have responded to the recent emergency call to pivot courses online due to COVID-19, and how they are planning to proceed into Fall 2020 .
This survey is anonymous. The results will be shared publicly. It should take about 10 minutes to complete. Go to Survey
National Indigenous History Month
Image Credit: Ha’edlakw (Sean) Whonnock, Kwakwaka’wakw Artist JIBC |
In June 2009, the House of Commons reached a unanimous vote to officially declare June as National Indigenous History Month. This decision marked the one year anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission commencing its work to investigate and document the history and impacts of Canada’s Indian residential school system. Learning the history of colonization is important to all Canadians, newcomers and visitors of this country but to understand the effect of racism and colonization of First Peoples, learning cannot be reduced to this area of focus alone.
The purpose of National Indigenous History Month is to provide a critical context so to fully understand Canada’s historical and persisting colonial genocide as one aspect of shared Indigenous history set within the whole scope that respectfully chronicles complex and sophisticated Indigenous societies with distinct cultures, languages, and traditional practices and a unique relationship with the land and histories that begun and spanned thousands of year’s pre contact across Turtle Island.
Having a respectful relationship with Indigenous Peoples depends on knowing and appreciating the local histories of the lands of its First Peoples. As employees of a provincial post-secondary institution, we have a duty to learn about the histories of the lands we each occupy. This week we recommend watching the film cə̓snaÊâ€Ã‰â„¢m: The City Before the City (2017) directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers to learn about settler colonization in the Vancouver area known today as Marpole, which was developed on the the xÊ·məθkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam) village site of cə̓snaÊâ€Ã‰â„¢m, despite these lands being unceded and Indigenous title based on occupation of the area for more than 5,000 years.
CONTACT US
Email indigenization@jibc.ca if you have questions or comments about cə̓snaÊâ€Ã‰â„¢m: The City Before the City (Tailfeathers, 2017) or if you seek additional information regarding the history of First Peoples of Turtle Island.
JIBC Library – APA Hooray!
Starting in the Fall 2020 term, the JIBC will adopt the APA 7th edition!
Here is a Sneak Peek of the 7th edition
Stay tuned for the full JIBC APA Guide to be released in mid-August.
Questions: mjardine@jibc.ca
Upcoming CTLI Virtual Drop-in Sessions
Come meet us in Collaborate! Bring your questions!
Please note: There are no drop-ins this week.
- Thursday, July 16, 2020 from 11am to 12pm
- Thursday, July 23, 2020 from 11am to 12pm
We’ll be running a drop-in session each week, on Thursdays, between 11am-12pm.
Register for your session here.
Resources
Interesting Finds
- What Makes for Good Open and Digital Education? – BCcampus
- Workload Estimator 2.0 – Center for the Advancement of Teaching
- Decolonizing Teaching Indigenizing Learning – UBC
- Equity in Education: Removing Barriers to Online Learning – BCcampus
- Pedagogies of Care – Open Resources for Student-Centered & Adaptive Strategies in the New Higher-Ed Landscape – West Virginia University Press Teaching and Learning Series
Online tools:
- Audacity – A free open source, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and …
- PebblePad – ePortfolio for logging and evidencing achievements, experiences and skills.
- Adobe XD – A vector-based digital design tool for websites and apps. You can use it to create and collaborate on everything from prototypes to mockups to full designs.
- Bensound – Royalty Free Music
BCcampus Upcoming Events
- Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) – Design
Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) – Design is a complementary course to FLO Fundamentals, which supports educators to learn how to facilitate learning in asynchronous environments.
June 29, 2020 – July 24, 2020 | Register Here - ACE-WIL VIRTUAL TOWN HALL #7 – Planning the Online Pivot (Part 2)
Please join us for another collaborative Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC/Yukon (ACE-WIL) Town Hall. We will have Spark style mini-sessions where you can hear from speakers who will share their experiences moving interviews to a virtual environment. Speakers will include a practitioner who successfully moved a mock interview clinic online, a WIL Employer who now interviews students online and a practitioner who supports peer-to-peer virtual interview sessions. We look forward to ‘seeing’ you!
June 30, 2020 | 12:00pm – 1:00 pm | Register Here - Adapting to COVID-19: Dealing with Burnout
During COVID-19, faculty and staff have adapted the ways in which we work and support others. These changes add stress and pressure to our home and work lives. This session will provide an opportunity to bring those working in B.C.’s post-secondary sector together to learn how to recognize burnout and explore some strategies to guard against it. Participants are encouraged to share their own unique challenges and discuss strategies they have developed for self-care and well-being.
June 30, 2020 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Register Here - An In-Depth Look at the Pulling Together Indigenization Guide: Teachers and Instructors
BCIT and BCcampus would like to invite you to participate in two interactive Zoom sessions about the Pulling Together Indigenization Guides where we will focus on the Teachers and Instructors Guide. We will discuss how to Indigenize and decolonize the classroom in the pursuit of reconciliation. Participants will be expected to have read the Guide prior to the sessions, and it is strongly suggested that you read the Pulling Together Foundations Guide.
July 9, 2020 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm | Register Here - FLO Bootcamp
Hey! Are you a B.C. post-secondary educator teaching a course online this fall? Did you have a rough pivot to online and want to fix up only the most important stuff before it runs online again? Or maybe you missed the pivot (lucky!), but still have a course you want to optimize for online delivery? Join us for a 4-day crash course on only the MOST important stuff: lectures, assignments, proctored exams, your online presence, and dialing back a bit on the zooming!
July 13, 2020 – July 16, 2020 | Register Here - FLO MicroCourse: Considerations for Indigenizing Your Work
In this one week MicroCourse, you will explore how you might reframe Indigenous pedagogies within online environments, including encouraging participants and creating relationships.
July 27, 2020 – August 2, 2020 | Register Here
Click here for the list of BlueJeans recordings from #AskBCcampus
We’re still in the early days for pivoting learning online –
it’s best to practice simplicity, empathy, and compassion. #AskBCcampus
~ BCcampus
DROP-IN THIS MONTH
Thursday, July 16, 2020 from 11am to 12pm | Join session
Thursday, July 23, 2020 from 11am to 12pm | Join session
CTLI RESOURCES
Universal Design for Learning
Facilitating Synchronous Online Learning with Collaborate Webinar
- Watch a recording of the workshop here.
- Follow along with a copy of the slides.
- Suggestions for Synchronous Online Learning (PDF).
Pivoting to Online
- Watch a Recording of a Collaborate Training Workshop
- Instructor Transition Course
- Blackboard Help | For Faculty | For Students
When Flight Attendants Work From Home!!
Here is a funny sketch for you lovely people. Written by my wife, Kristen. Enjoy team!! Wes Baker
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CONTACT US
Want some one-on-one help? Have something specific you need assistance with? Reach out to the CTLI team by emailing us at telt@jibc.ca.
OFFICE OF INDIGENIZATION
xÊ·məθkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam) First Nation, down-river hÉ™nÌ“qÌ“É™minÌ“É™mÌ“ speaking Peoples, have occupied the region known by the colonial name of Vancouver for more than eight thousand years. Prior to contact, cÌ“É™snaÊâ€Ã‰â„¢m (pronounced tsess-nom), located in a Vancouver area now known as Marpole, was one of the largest ancient xÊ·məθkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m village sites.
The civilization, culture and spirituality of the xÊ·məθkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m Peoples is inextricably woven with the area’s ecology, waters and land-base and has been severely disrupted by colonization. While colonial violence takes on many forms, we suggest watching the documentary cə̓snaÊâ€Ã‰â„¢m, The City Before the City (Tailfeathers, 2017) to learn more about the recent struggle for the xÊ·məθkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m Peoples to regain control and ownership over their traditional, unceded lands. The film investigates a private condo development was planned without free, informed and prior consent and resulted in an unpermitted archeological investigation on the cÌ“É™snaÊâ€Ã‰â„¢m village site that disturbingly unearthed ancestral remains.
CONTACT US
Email indigenization@jibc.ca if you seek additional information regarding the history of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Peoples.